Buckle.



No- 803,822. PATBNTED NOV. 7, 1905.

T. S. HALEY.

BUCKLE.

APBLIOLTIOH rum) FEB. 25. 1905.

YVilmsses; t [zwenion UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. HALEY, OF VVES'l 'HAVEN. CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WIRENOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WEST HAVEN, CON- NECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1905.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. HALEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckles, of which the following is a specification. 1

The object of the invention is to produce a device of the classspecified provided with a' button-loop frame attached in such mannerthat a positive guard is provided to prevent ithe disengagement of thebuttons from the Another object of the invention is to so unite theparts as to permit the button-loop frame to swing on its points ofattachment to the buckle Without opening the buckle.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an illustration of a modifiedform of my invention. Fig. 4 is a view of a still further modificationof the invention.

Referring to the drawings, a is .he buckleloop, having the usualbase-bar a. b is the tongue member, having the usual base-bar b, thehinge-bar b on which the buckle-loop hinges and from which spring theteeth b 12 A button-loop frame a, as shown, is hinged to the hinge-bar bof the tongue member and has button-loops c c. The side members of thebutton-loop frame 0 preferably pass back of the base-bar and at a slightdistance therefrom, as clearly indicated in the drawings.

Buckles of this sort are used generally for overalls and like articlesof wearing-apparel, and it is clear that my construction-leaves thebutton-loop free to swing on its hinges, and so accommodate itself .toany position which the body of the wearer may take without causing thebuckle itself to open, and so permit it to be disengaged from its web.

1 am aware that a buckle has already been patented in which the buttonloops are formed integral with the tongue; but such a buckle is obectionable in that movement of the button-loops will cause the buckle toopen.

Another advantage of my construction is the positive guard which isprovided by the base-bar to prevent the accidental disengagement of thebuttons from the loops. This object has heretofore been accomplished bynarrowing the mouth of the button-loop; but this provision is noteffective.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the buckle comprises the usual loopmember a", a tongue member I), the button-loop frame 0 being hinged tothe hinge-arms a of the loop member 0 and extending below the loop-basebar a so that the loop-base bar forms a guard to prevent the accidentaldisengagement of the buttons from the loops 0 I prefer to have the sidemembers of the button-loop frame 0 passed back of the loopbase bar a.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the buckle comprises the usual loopmember a, a tongue member I), the button-loop frame 0 being hinged tothe hinge-arms a of the loop member and passing down below the tonguebasebars b and preferably at the rear of the tongue member, so that thetongue base-bar 6 forms a guard to prevent the disengagement of thebuttons from the button-loops c Other modifications in the constructionof an article of this character may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

I claim 'as my invention- 1. An article of the character describedcomprising a buckle-loop, a tongue member, and a button-loop framehinged to the hingebar of the tongue member, substantially as described.

2. An article of the character described comprising a buckle-loop, atongue member, and a button-loop frame having its side members passingback of the base-bar of the tongue and hinged to the hinge-bar thereof.

8. An article of the character described comprising a buckle-loop, atongue member having the usual base-bar, hinge-bar and teeth, abutton-loop frame hinged to the hinge-bar of the tongue and providedwith button-loops with their mouths adjacent to said base-bar.

4. An article of the character described comprising a buckle-loop, atongue member having the usual base-bar, hinge-bar and teeth, and abutton-loop frame hinged to the hinge-bar of said tongue member andhaving one or more button-loops, the base-bar of said tongue memberforming a guard to preone of said members and extending below 10 ventthe disengagement of the uttons from said base-bar.

the loops, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix mysignature 5. In an article of the character described in presence of twowitnesses. 5 the combination with a buckle comprising THOMAS S HALEY theloop and tongue members each having a base-bar, said members beinghinged together Witnesses:

in the usual manner, of a button-loop frame SAMUEL J. BRYANT, hinged tosaid buckle above the base-bar of CHARLES K. BUSH.

